ALUM CARE LIMITED
📈Growthactive
05294296 · ltd · incorporated 2004-11-23
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (77/100).
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Refinance opportunity
12 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 21.0y
45/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 21.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 40/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
12 charges (12/12 with lender, 12/12 with type)
90
Directors & officers
12 officers (3 active, 12 linked, 8 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
28 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
112 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £1,890,226
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
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| Profit before tax | £1.89M | £1.35M |
| Average employees | 104 | 9500 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 gazette
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (63 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-04📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2026-03-03📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2026-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-05-31📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-05-31📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-05-31📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-05-31📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-05-31📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-05-31🔒Charge registered #12Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2024-05-31🔓Charge satisfied #10
- 2024-05-31🔓Charge satisfied #9
- 2024-05-31🔓Charge satisfied #8
- 2024-05-31🔓Charge satisfied #7
- 2024-05-03📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-04-29🔒Charge registered #11Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2023-08-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-30📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-01-19📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-01-19🔒Charge registered #10Lender: Coutts & Company
- 2022-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-28📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-04-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-30➖BENSON, Victoria resignedsecretary
- 2016-11-11🔓Charge satisfied #6
- 2016-11-11🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2016-11-11🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2016-09-21➖COONEY, Brian Patrick resigneddirector
- 2016-09-20🔒Charge registered #9Lender: Coutts & Company
- 2016-09-20🔒Charge registered #8Lender: Coutts & Company
- 2016-09-20🔒Charge registered #7Lender: Coutts & Company
- 2014-02-10➖LESTER ALDRIDGE COMPANY SECRETARIAL LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2012-12-13➕COMYN, David John appointeddirector
- 2012-12-13➖COOK, John Edward resigneddirector
- 2012-12-13➖MILLER, Andrew Francis Forbes resigneddirector
- 2012-11-13🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2012-11-13🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2012-11-13🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2012-11-09🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Santander UK PLC
- 2012-11-09🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Santander UK PLC
- 2012-11-09🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Santander UK PLC
- 2012-10-30➕BENSON, Victoria appointedsecretary
- 2008-02-29➖LAMBERT, Barry Michael resigneddirector
- 2008-01-16➕COUSINS, Robert Leslie appointeddirector
- 2007-07-17🔒Charge registered #3Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2005-08-24➕COOK, John Edward appointeddirector
- 2005-08-24➕COONEY, Brian Patrick appointeddirector
Showing most recent 50 of 63 events
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
The Buckinghamshire Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
The Buckinghamshire Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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ALUM CARE LIMITED
This company · 05294296
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
The Buckinghamshire Group Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-11-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities
Registered office
31/33 Commercial Road
Poole
Dorset
BH14 0HU
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-07
Last: 2025-11-23
Officers (3 active · 9 resigned)
BIALAN, Christopher→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2005-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
COMYN, David John→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 2012-12-13
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COUSINS, Robert Leslie→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2008-01-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BENSON, Victoria→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2012-10-30 · resigned 2019-09-30
FREEMAN, Samuel→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2004-11-23 · resigned 2005-01-01
WILKINS, Virginia Lee→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2005-01-01 · resigned 2005-05-23
LESTER ALDRIDGE COMPANY SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2005-05-23 · resigned 2014-02-10
COOK, John Edward→
Resigneddirector · ~71y · appointed 2005-08-24 · resigned 2012-12-13
COONEY, Brian Patrick→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2005-08-24 · resigned 2016-09-21
LAMBERT, Barry Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · appointed 2005-01-01 · resigned 2008-02-29
MILLER, Andrew Francis Forbes→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2005-08-24 · resigned 2012-12-13
WILKINS, Virginia Lee→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 2004-11-23 · resigned 2005-01-01
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Mortgages & charges
12
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:12 of 12 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 31/05/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 29/04/2024 | — | |
| satisfied | NatWest Group Coutts & Company | A registered charge | — | 19/01/2023 | 31/05/2024 | |
| satisfied | NatWest Group Coutts & Company | A registered charge | 1 property | 20/09/2016 | 31/05/2024 | |
| satisfied | NatWest Group Coutts & Company | A registered charge | 1 property | 20/09/2016 | 31/05/2024 | |
| satisfied | NatWest Group Coutts & Company | A registered charge | — | 20/09/2016 | 31/05/2024 | |
| satisfied | Santander Santander UK PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 09/11/2012 | 11/11/2016 | |
| satisfied | Santander Santander UK PLC | Legal charge | 2 properties | 09/11/2012 | 11/11/2016 | |
| satisfied | Santander Santander UK PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 09/11/2012 | 11/11/2016 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 17/07/2007 | 13/11/2012 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 01/08/2005 | 13/11/2012 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 01/08/2005 | 13/11/2012 |
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Recent filings (112 total)
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gazette · DISS40
2026-03-04
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-18
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mortgage · MR04
2024-05-31
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-05-31
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
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mortgage · MR04
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mortgage · MR01
2024-05-31
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mortgage · MR01
2024-05-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
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